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Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

Bridgegal — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:33:16 GMT

My wonderful Williams Sonoma Cuisinart multicooker needs a new insert. For a little more than that replacement part I can get an Instant Pot.

I'm not looking for speed . No more full time work for me so I have plenty of time to cook. I'm looking for taste. For those of you who have had or currently use both, which do you prefer and why. Thansks.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

reiki604 — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:02:35 GMT

I don’t know about the multi cooker features but the instant pot works as a slow cooker (Crock pot), a pressure cooker, a sous vide, and you can sauté and brown in it. Has all the features I could ever want.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

loriqvc — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:49:41 GMT

@Bridgegal - I'm not sure which features were available on your Cuisinart, but an Instant Pot is a multicooker. Aside from the new(ish) Ninja Foodi that also adds air frying to the list of functions, I don't think there are any multicookers that have more features than an Instant Pot, so if you find a model you like, you should be all set. You can choose to slow cook or pressure cook and get a lot of flavor either way.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

Kachina624 — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:37:48 GMT

I have A Ninja multicooker that sits unused because I love my pressure cooker so much. Yes, it's fast but it also infuses food with wonderful flavor.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:07:07 GMT

I have and recommend a Ninja 4-in-1. I thought I needed an Instant Pot, bought one and it sat there for a few months without even opening it. Realizing I'm at a point in my life where I don't need anything on the table in a hurry, I decided I didn't need the Instant Pot after all. I ended up donating it to a fundraising auction. I admit I have only eaten one entree made with the Instant Pot and I wasn't impressed. In fact, it wasn't good at all. The meat and sauce had no flavor and the pasta was mush. It's a good feeling when you put your ingredients in the multicooker and let the aroma fill the house throughout the day. I also like it for making a lot of hard-cooked eggs at one time.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

KaySD — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 06:16:21 GMT

I may be wrong, but I think an Instant Pot is just one brand of multicookers--appliances that slow cook and pressure cook, and may do other things like sear. Mine is a German brand I can't enter the name of, over ten years old, and doing fine. I mostly pressure cook in it, and make rice. Instant Pot has done a fab marketing and branding job, making people believe it's a category unto itself, but their cooker really isn't much different from other good brands.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

iwrite — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 02:57:26 GMT

@reiki604 wrote:
I don’t know about the multi cooker features but the instant pot works as a slow cooker (Crock pot), a pressure cooker, a sous vide, and you can sauté and brown in it. Has all the features I could ever want.

hello @reiki604

i was wondering if when the instant pot is in slow cooker mode, can you just open it, like you can a multi cooker or do you have to let the steam out first, like you do when using a pressure cooker?

thank you

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

reiki604 — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:58:52 GMT

@iwrite wrote:
@reiki604 wrote:
I don’t know about the multi cooker features but the instant pot works as a slow cooker (Crock pot), a pressure cooker, a sous vide, and you can sauté and brown in it. Has all the features I could ever want.

hello @reiki604

i was wondering if when the instant pot is in slow cooker mode, can you just open it, like you can a multi cooker or do you have to let the steam out first, like you do when using a pressure cooker?
thank you

You can open it as long as you are not using pressure. In slow cooker mode there is no pressure. They also sell a clear glass top for it, just like the slow cooker has. yw!

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

iwrite — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 05:50:24 GMT

@reiki604 wrote:
@iwrite wrote:
@reiki604 wrote:
I don’t know about the multi cooker features but the instant pot works as a slow cooker (Crock pot), a pressure cooker, a sous vide, and you can sauté and brown in it. Has all the features I could ever want.

hello @reiki604

i was wondering if when the instant pot is in slow cooker mode, can you just open it, like you can a multi cooker or do you have to let the steam out first, like you do when using a pressure cooker?
thank you
You can open it as long as you are not using pressure. In slow cooker mode there is no pressure. They also sell a clear glass top for it, just like the slow cooker has. yw!

thank you for letting me know @reiki604, that the instant pot can be opened in slow cooker mode. would have been nice to have that someplace in the description, as many people like slow cookers, but not pressure cookers because of the pressure. there i go again, writing descriptive copy for a product. who do i send an invoice to? LOL

i remember reading several messages from people saying that they didn't want a pressure cooker and were NOT going to buy it. perhaps if good details were provided for each function, of the instant pot, more people would have purchased it for the rice or slow cooker functions. don't say it, just let me dream (smile).

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

Nataliesgramma — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:07:40 GMT

You have to increased the amount of spices when you cook in the Insta pot....that gives things more flavor...

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

reiki604 — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 15:27:04 GMT

@iwrite All the info you need is in the instruction book that comes with the instant pot. I did not buy mine from the Q and researched what it did before I bought it. There are multiple groups on Facebook that are devoted to the Instant Pot and share recipes and tips for using it. You may want to check those out.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

wildlifewitch — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:38:51 GMT

@Bridgegal Yes. You could get an instant pot and use the slower cooking mode too.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

iwrite — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 02:05:12 GMT

thank you @reiki604

a while ago, i ordered one for a friend. i asked her before posting here, but she had no idea. i was just curious. i don't have any plans on buying an instant pot for myself, as i have 2 pressure cookers and don't use them often enough. i use my multi cookers all the time.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

Bridgegal — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 03:54:35 GMT

@wildlifewitch wrote:
@Bridgegal Yes. You could get an instant pot and use the slower cooking mode too.

Now, I didn't know that. That is very helpful information. I'd decided to get the Ninja 4-1 IQ multicooker and now I'm undecided again!!!! Meanwhile, I'm doing fine without any of them so maybe I don't really need anything.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

forrestwolf — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 18:51:55 GMT

I have a Cooks Essential 4 qt pressure cooker and use the heck out of it. I cook rice and grits, and especially yellow rice in it, and it is rarely out of sight. I like my Cooks Essential 6 QT, because, I like the nonstick much better than the Instapot. I have a GoWise 10 QT that I LOVE....It is wider than tall, and I like that concept much better, as it comes closer to my old 8 QT Cooks Essential oval pressure cooker (that still works, and is my work pressure cooker), and I just love the wider and less tall cookers. It also does not require me to have to make sure the cooker is set to seal. It is automatic, and the pressure release is on the handle, so no turning the knob to release the pressure, and the steam is away from you. I HATE my Power Pressure Cooker, as everything sticks, and is hard to clean. I use it for items with lots of liquid, or cooking boiled peanuts.

Re: Multi cooker or Instant Pot?

SharkE — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 20:35:27 GMT

yellow rice/boiled peanuts never heard of that .

Great fiber, though.

Do you live in New Mexico/Mexico ?